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If I remember correctly, I was 71340,356 on CI$ back in the day. - Mike Shulman

I am too young to know anything about this. - Mark

it was my first - Tom Searing from BuddyFeed

My first as well. Wow. - Craig Eddy

I learned to type faster & chat... remember the "CB" ? - Scarletcat

Never had a CompuServ account - I was on GEnie, loved their RoundTables. - Ranger Craig

As much as I wasn't even aware that Compuserve still 'existed,' I'm somehow sad to hear of its passing. It was my first online experience, I had good friends and strange experiences on the forums. Anyway, there's solace in the joys of the real-time web. - Brad Kligerman

I gave a talk last week comparing Compuserve's eventual absorption by the browser based Internet to how OpenSim -open-source, open-standard virtual worlds- will inevitably subsume Second Life and other walled gardens. - Brad Kligerman

I remember it well. EAASY Sabre... - James Schipper

I had an account in 1979 MicroNET/CompuServe... ah, with a Novation 300 Baud Acoustic Coupler...that would 'hiccup' if I played my music too loud (The 1200baud direct connect was awesome) I ran a few forums for various companies and went thru all of the versions of the software until AOL bought them. We didn't even have "CB" at first... we did have a programing area where someone made... more... - RAD Moose

Such a sad passing. I got my internet start in Compuserve. I maintained a CS account all these years too, hehe. - Barbara

Go read Techcrunch NOW. Oh my god Arrington, you have HUGE FUCKING BALLS. - Mark

I'm sorry, but why must we read TechCrunch so promptly. And they are not balls, they are testicles. - Zachary TG

:D - Mark

Ahh, goodbye from 75106,1624 ...how I still remember that, I'm not sure! - Mike Cassidy

ahh, goodbye 71260,45! the number I remember to this day.....just like mike I'm not sure either. It's kinda like your SS # or birthday. You'll never forget............ - Alex Marrow

First like most, I didn't even realize Compuserve was still around. I think I was about 12 when I first got on Compuserve. Like many it was my introduction to the Internet. I remember leaving for AOL, and being sort of sad, because Compuserve seemed cooler to me - Ken Goyette

compuserve _was_ cooler - Tyler Gillies

I remember compuserve. The was another similar service that started with P. Paragon, Paradise, Parallax, Prometheous, or something. What was that one? Got bought out by Sears? - SuezanneC Baskerville

Prodigy, baby. Prah di gee. They had the Sears catalog, I used a credit card to order some tools using a gopher-style menu and I thought that was pretty cool. - Brian Hendrickson

It sure was. My first time online was with Compuserve in 1980, right before H&R Block bought them. It was the only service that was available on the Amiga also. I just checked, and they're still in business. I had no idea they were around still. - Michael Fidler

Goodbye prisoner of war emails 802435.1299@compuserve.com - randulo

Also just remembered that you could send an email that CIS printed and sent as a letter to anyone in the USA. - randulo

You dudes probably should do a Moment of Silence! - ZuDfunck

RIP as it lays to rest with the faint whisper of a 21 dailup tone salute! - roger byrne

I spent bucketloads of my dad's money playing IoK. GO GAM-26. 72740,114. Good times. - Michael McKean

Heh, I wonder if the Mac OS X CompuServe application will still run on modern versions of Mac OS X under Rosetta. That might be "fun" in a masochistic way. - Tyson Key

I remember playing a text based space game on it for hours....and then the phone came and Dad said no more LOL. - John D Reasor

John, MegaWars III? - Michael McKean

If I remember correctly, I had GEnie, then CompuServe (72604,2235). - John E. Bredehoft

That's it yes MegaWars III thanks Michael I could not remember the name. - John D Reasor

Are all those discussions etc archived anywhere, or is this another bit of the early electronic era that's vanishing? - Ian Betteridge

I was a sysop for Computer Associates development forums back in the day 72103,1321 if I remember correctly - Bastard Operator From FF

Compuserve, Prodigy, and AOL...that were the good old days - Thomas Chai

You chaps and ladies must be old. I don't recall any of this. I was still shitting the bed in 1992. - Mark

wait, does this mean that GIFs are now public domain? who owns that IP now? - Joe Silence is not Santa

@Mark: i shat the bed in 1992 as well, but unfortunately it was cos i was fantastically DRUNK. :P - Joe Silence is not Santa

Wonder what Scoble is upto. - Mark

once upon a time, I was a section leader on CS, in their poetry forums - wow, that seems like forever ago - they were my first internet provider - William Harryman

I enjoyed Prodigy and then Byte magazine's BIX, where I was a moderator. Good times. - Steve Garfield

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